Embark on a comprehensive journey through narrative writing with this Cambridge IGCSE Writing Guide. This resource offers a scaffolded approach, expertly designed to guide students in mastering the curriculum requirements. Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Writing, it encompasses a variety of objectives and success criteria across cognitive domains, ensuring a well-rounded development of writing skills. Objectives: This guide aims to achieve various objectives, fostering a deep understanding of narrative writing. Students will recall and identify key elements, demonstrate comprehension of narrative principles, apply skills in creating cohesive stories, analyse narratives for effectiveness, assess writing quality, and ultimately generate original and impactful narrative pieces. Scaffolders: To facilitate the learning process, this resource provides essential scaffolders. These include a writing prompt focusing on story content, a planning frame emphasising story structure, and a plot diagram highlighting narrative plot development.

Venture into a guided journey of sensory imagery comprehension with this scaffolded approach. This resource is designed to assist students in understanding and utilising sensory imagery across visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and tactile domains. Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Reading Literature, it spans various objectives and success criteria across cognitive domains, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience. Objectives: This resource covers a spectrum of objectives aimed at enhancing students’ engagement with sensory imagery. From identifying sensory elements in texts to creating original descriptive passages, students will deepen their understanding of how sensory imagery influences meaning and tone. The objectives also include analysing, evaluating and critiquing the use of sensory imagery in different texts, fostering a holistic approach to literary exploration.

A unit lesson plan with 6 sessions on teaching and learning resources of informal letter writing based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this unit students will be able to: SESSION 1 - REMEMBERING: Recognise and retrieve the key elements of an informal letter. SESSION 2 - UNDERSTANDING: Interpret and classify the authorial techniques in an informal letter. SESSION 3 - APPLYING: Implement and execute informal letter writing techniques. SESSION 4 - ANALYSING: Explore and demonstrate the knowledge of informal letters in writing. SESSION 5 - EVALUATING: Check and critique a sample informal letter. SESSION 6 - CREATING: Compose and produce the final informal letter. This download includes: FLIPPED LESSON: Video - How to write an informal letter LESSON STARTER: List the differences between formal and informal letters – use VENN DIAGRAM to spot the similarities as well. SESSION 1: REMEMBERING - RECOGNISE-RETRIEVE EXERCISE 1: Find, list and label the structure and features of an informal letter. Scaffolding Notes 1: Structure and Features of Informal Letter SESSION 2: UNDERSTANDING - INTERPRET-CLASSIFY EXERCISE 2: Explain the use of the language, the vocabulary and the impact of it in an informal letter. Scaffolding Notes 2: Impact of Language and Vocabulary in an Informal Letter Scaffolding Notes 3: Use of Language in an Informal Letter SESSION 3: APPLYING - IMPLEMENT-EXECUTE EXERCISE 3: Use a planning frame to arrange a sample informal letter. Scaffolding Notes 4: Planning Frame of an Informal Letter SESSION 4: ANALYSING - EXPLORE-DEMONSTRATE EXERCISE 4: Use the writing organiser to organise a draft of a sample informal letter. Scaffolding Notes 5: Informal Letter Writing Organiser SESSION 5: EVALUATING - CHECK-CRITIQUE EXERCISE 5: Use the checklist and the rubric to evaluate each other’s work. EXERCISE 6: Use the PQP and TAG technique to peer-review with constructive feedback. Scaffolding Notes 6: Informal Letter Checklist Scaffolding Notes 7: PQP and TAG Techniques SESSION 6: CREATING - COMPOSE-PRODUCE EXERCISE 7: Use a prompt, integrate the feedback and write an informal letter. Scaffolding Notes 8: Informal Letter Prompt DIFFERENTIATION: EXERCISE 8 - Write a letter to people known following the INFORMAL LETTER FORMAT. Scaffolding Notes 9: Informal Letter Rubrics PLENARY: EXERCISE 9 - Answer the given questions to demonstrate your knowledge of the informal letter. HOME LEARNING: EXERCISE 10: Use Letter Generator to write a letter to your friend telling him/her how you spent your holidays. EXERCISE 11: Letters to favourite persons, friends and relatives. Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A compact review of debating skills for quick referencing. This resource includes: Vocabulary Overview Debate Format for a Classroom How to Conduct a Debate Assessment Rubrics Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A unit plan with 3 sessions on poetry comprehension – The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. After completing this unit students will be able to: Analyse the poem to make a critical appreciation (session 1). Identify the poetic devices and explain how they are used in the poem (session 2). Annotate the lines of the poem with reference to context (session 3). Lesson Preview: Poem and Summary (Scaffold Notes 1) Poet, Introduction, and Setting (Scaffold Notes 2) SESSION 1: POETRY ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL APPRECIATION Discussion: Poetry Forms (Scaffold Notes 3) Poetry Structures (Scaffold Notes 4) Poetry Analysis Guide (Scaffold Notes 5) Poetry Analysis Template (Scaffold Notes 6) Collaborative Group Tasks: Pair-Share - Paraphrasing the poem to its literal meaning (Exercise 1) Ask-Write - Inferring the character of the speaker (Exercise 2) Write-Advance – Critical appreciation of the poem (Exercise 3) Assessment - Poetry Analysis Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 7) Differentiated Tasks - Planning to write poems (Exercise 4) Plenary – Answering poetry elements questions (Exercise 5) SESSION 2: POETIC DEVICES IN POETRY AND THEIR USAGE Discussion: Comparison Devices (Scaffold Notes 8) Sound Devices (Scaffold Notes 9) Figures of Speech (Scaffold Notes 10) Poetic Devices Prompts (Scaffold Notes 11) Collaborative Group Tasks: Pair-Share – Meaning of expressions used in the poem (Exercise 6) Ask-Write - Identification of poetic devices (Exercise 7) Write-Advance - Explanation of the poetic devices (Exercise 8) Assessment - Poetic Devices in Poetry Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 12) Differentiated Tasks - Creating poems (Exercise 9) Plenary – Answering poetic devices questions (Exercise 10) SESSION 3: POETRY ANNOTATION AND REFERENCE TO CONTEXT Discussion: Annotation Guide (Scaffold Notes 13) Annotation Template and Prompt (Scaffold Notes 14) Explanation Prompts for Figures of Speech (Scaffold Notes 15) Collaborative Group Tasks: Pair-Share - Summarizing the meaning (Exercise 11) Ask-Write - Identification of annotation elements (Exercise 12) Write-Advance - Annotating the lines of the poem (Exercise 13) Assessment - Annotation Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 16) Differentiated Tasks - Presenting answers in poem form (Exercise 14) Plenary - Answering multiple choice questions (Exercise 15) Home Learning: Comprehension Questions (Exercise 16) Online Quizzes - 4 Online Comprehension Passages - 4 Common Core Standards - ELA.LITERACY.RL.6-8.1-4 Skills - Social and Cognitive Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

“Unlocking the Art of Magazine Article Writing” is the ultimate PowerPoint Presentation designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge to excel in crafting engaging and impactful magazine articles. This resource follows Bloom’s Taxonomy and aligns with the Common Core Standards for ELA-Literacy in Writing. It provides a step-by-step approach to becoming a proficient magazine article writer, covering various key aspects.

These Worksheets with Answer Key are perfect for teaching Definite and Indefinite Articles – ‘A’, ‘An’ and ‘The’. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these challenging exercises that are well-designed for student engagement. This download includes: EXERCISE 1: Match the terms (1-6) with their meaning (A-F). EXERCISE 2: Answer the following questions. List the uses (2 uses) of the articles ‘a’ and ‘an’ used before nouns singular in number. List the uses (5 uses) of the article ‘the’ used before nouns singular or plural in number. Describe the exceptions (2 exceptions) connected with the articles ‘a’ and ‘an’. EXERCISE 3: Identify the words from the examples that show the uses of indefinite articles. EXERCISE 4: Identify the words from the examples that show the uses of definite article. EXERCISE 5: Identify the words from the examples that show the uses of no article. EXERCISE 6: Identify the articles, definite (the), indefinite (a and an) and no article (Ø), as used for countable and uncountable nouns. EXERCISE 7: Add the indefinite articles (a or an) to determine each of these words. EXERCISE 8: Use a noun to name each picture. Think of an indefinite article to go before the noun. EXERCISE 9: Fill in the blanks with correct articles (a, an and the) or zero article (Ø). EXERCISE 10: Insert either ‘a’ or ‘an’ in each space so that the sentences make sense. EXERCISE 11: Complete the following sentences using either definite or indefinite articles. EXERCISE 12: Choose the correct articles to determine the nouns or adjectives. EXERCISE 13: Identify the usage of definite and indefinite articles in given sentences. EXERCISE 14: Identify the usage of definite article in the given sentences. EXERCISE 15: Identify the given sentences that are correct or incorrect in the use of an article or no article. EXERCISE 16: Write a sentence about each picture and include ‘a,’ ‘an’ and ‘the’. EXERCISE 17: Attempt any one of the activities to demonstrate your mastery in using articles in writing. EXERCISE 18: Fill in the blanks with suitable articles. EXERCISE 19: Choose a correct article in each sentence. EXERCISE 20: State the usage of the definite articles in the sentences. EXERCISE 21: Use indefinite articles - a or an to fill in the blanks. EXERCISE 22: Circle the indefinite articles and underline the definite article. EXERCISE 23: Circle the indefinite articles and underline the definite article used in the six little stories. EXERCISE 24: Identify the articles used in the 14 hilarious laws.

These Worksheets with Answer Key are perfect for teaching Imperative Verbs or Bossy Verbs. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these challenging exercises that are well-designed for student engagement. This download includes: EXERCISE 1: Match the terms (1-3) with their meaning (A-C). EXERCISE 2: Identify the imperative verbs that exemplify the following forms. EXERCISE 3: Identify the imperative verbs that exemplify the following uses. EXERCISE 4: Which imperative command matches each picture? EXERCISE 5: What to do during Covid-19 pandemic? Complete sentences using affirmative and negative imperatives. Use the verbs in the box. EXERCISE 6: Complete the pool rules with the imperative verbs given in the list. Use the affirmative and negative form. EXERCISE 7: Choose the imperative verbs that match each picture. EXERCISE 8: Recall the meaning of imperative verbs. EXERCISE 9: Complete the following sentences using the correct form of imperative verbs. EXERCISE 10: Identify the purpose the following imperatives serve. EXERCISE 11: Identify the imperative verbs in the given sentences. EXERCISE 12: Identify the uses of imperatives in real life. EXERCISE 13: Assess the accurate use imperatives in writing. EXERCISE 14: Give an order or command to go with the road signs. EXERCISE 15: Make imperative sentences with ‘Don’t’. EXERCISE 16: Choose the correct imperative verb given in the box to go with each direction to reach the place. EXERCISE 17: Attempt any one of the activities to demonstrate your mastery in using imperative verbs in writing. EXERCISE 18: Identify the imperative (bossy) verbs used in the Classroom Rules. EXERCISE 19: Match each imperative verb (1-8) to the correct instruction (A-H). EXERCISE 20: Use the imperative verbs in the box to complete the following instructions. EXERCISE 21: How do you prevent the spread of COVID-19 in seven steps? Use the imperative verbs given in the list to complete the steps. EXERCISE 22: Complete the zoo rules with the imperative verbs given in the list. Use only negative form. EXERCISE 23: Choose the correct imperative verb from the box to go with each instruction in this Banana Roll recipe.

This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching how to write an Information Text - Compare-Contrast. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement. After attempting these activities, your students will be able to: Determine the organisational methods used when comparing and contrasting. Identify the clue or signal words used when comparing and contrasting. Identify the similarities and differences in the given compare-contrast texts. Plan and write the first draft of compare-contrast text on given topics. Peer evaluate a compare-contrast text with constructive feedback. Integrate the peer feedback and write a final draft of compare-contrast text. Teachers can use this resource to teach students to use compare and contrast as information text in writing, thereby helping them to enhance their reading, vocabulary, language, and writing skills. Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

This Unit Lesson Plan is perfect for teaching Adjective Order – Number, Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material, Purpose. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these challenging exercises that are well-designed for student engagement. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: To recognise and recall categories of adjectives. To describe and explain rules for placing adjectives in order. To use rules of placing adjectives in order. To draw links between attributes of adjectives. To justify the right use of adjectives in order. To produce descriptions placing adjectives in order. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Boom Cards students will be able to: List the attributes (number, opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose) of adjectives. Identify rules followed for placing adjectives in order to describe a noun. Place adjectives in NOSASCOMP order to modify nouns. Arrange the adjectives in a particular order to emphasise their position and function. Identify the errors to ensure the correct order of adjectives. Use adjectives in NOSASCOMP order to describe nouns.

This Unit Lesson Plan is perfect for teaching Parts of Speech - Word Classes – Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions and Interjections. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to: Identify the correct definition for a range of word classes. Identify the correct word class of words in the context of a sentence. Apply existing knowledge of word classes to complete a sentence. Construct a sentence using vocabulary from a specific word class. Exercise error identification to identify common mistakes made in using parts of speech. Use different word classes to create different meanings in different contexts. Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom: ✿ To challenge early finishers ✿ For effective tutoring ✿ As ESL stations and sub tubs ✿ As holiday work and homework ✿ For small group collaborations ✿ For an end of unit assessments ✿ For reinforcement and enrichment

These Worksheets are perfect for teaching Narratives - Reading and Writing. Your students will love these exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to: List down the language features of a narrative. Write down the language strategies employed in a narrative. Apply my existing knowledge to identify the plot elements of a narrative. Use narrative techniques to plan a sample narrative. Use PQP or TAG technique to evaluate a narrative. Use precise words and phrases to write a well-structured narrative. This download includes: EXERCISE 1: Match the terms (1-7) with their meaning (A-G). EXERCISE 2: Provide one-word, one-phrase or one-sentence narration to the story in the pictures. EXERCISE 3: Identify the sentences that show the features of the given narrative. EXERCISE 4: Read the narrative and use PEE technique to identify the details that suggest the strategies used for narration. EXERCISE 5: Use Freytag’s Pyramid to identify the plot elements of the narrative. EXERCISE 6: Compare the two narratives to identify their point of view and their impact on the reader. EXERCISE 7: Analyse the given narrations to identify author’s techniques. EXERCISE 8: Read the shortest stories with lengthiest meaning and identify the story elements – Part 1-2. EXERCISE 9: Use Freytag’s Pyramid to organise a plan of a sample narration. EXERCISE 10: Use the PQP technique to evaluate the given narrative. EXERCISE 11: Use the TAG technique to evaluate the given narrative. EXERCISE 12: Use narrative structure to write the final draft of a planned narration. EXERCISE 13: Demonstrate your mastery of NARRATIVE WRITING by attempting any one of the given tasks. EXERCISE 14: Read the given short paragraphs. Choose the voice that you think is being used in each paragraph. Remember when writing with voice it can be: funny, serious, mysterious or frightening.

This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Description - Reading and Writing. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to: Identify the descriptive vocabulary and the emotive language used in a description. Identify the figurative language used in a description. Apply existing knowledge to describe the real situations. Use descriptive techniques to plan a sample description. Use PQP or TAG technique to evaluate a description. Use descriptive techniques to write a well-structured description. This download includes: EXERCISE 1: Match the terms (1-14) with their meaning (A-N). EXERCISE 2: Identify the adjectives, adverbs and sensory imagery (visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile and gustatory) used in the following description. EXERCISE 3: Identify the comparison devices (simile, metaphor, personification and hyperbole) and sound devices (onomatopoeia, alliteration, internal rhyme and repletion) used in the following description. EXERCISE 4: Create word images with the given phrases. Make sure you show and not just tell. EXERCISE 5: Use the given adjectives to describe the nouns in the pictures. EXERCISE 6: Use the given adverbs to describe the action in the pictures. Follow the instructions. EXERCISE 7: Describe the following images to create word-images. Follow the instructions and use the given descriptors. EXERCISE 8: Use comparison devices to describe the following images. Follow the instructions given below. EXERCISE 9: Use sound devices to describe the following images. Follow the instructions given below. EXERCISE 10: Answer the following questions to demonstrate your knowledge of description. EXERCISE 11: Plan a sample description of a noun – a place – a beach. Use the following planning frame. EXERCISE 12: Use the following descriptive vocabulary to describe all that you see, hear, feel, taste and smell at the beach. EXERCISE 13: Frame sentences using selected descriptive vocabulary and the sample plan to make a first draft. EXERCISE 14: Use the PQP technique to evaluate the following description. EXERCISE 15: Use the TAG technique to evaluate the following description. EXERCISE 16: Make a final draft of the planned description of a noun – a place – a beach. Use the following descriptive structure. EXERCISE 17: Use your knowledge of DESCRIPTION to write on any one of the following. RUBRICS: Description Checklist and Rubrics.

These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Reading Skills through a Narrative Poetry - The Giantess by Carol Ann Duffy. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to: Find the meaning of challenging words and expressions in the poem. Identify the key ideas of the poem. Use textual clues to answer the retrieval and inferential questions. Analyse the poem to find its poetry elements – genre, message, tone, context, perspective, point of view, structure, rhyme scheme, purpose and metre. Evaluate the poet’s use of personification, hyperbole, imagery, repetition, alliteration and onomatopoeia. Write a summary, make a character description, explain the reader impact of figurative language and create a critical appreciation of the poem. This Download Includes: EXERCISE 1 - Interpret and verbalise the pictures of metaphors in the poem. EXERCISE 2 - What do the following expressions mean in the poem? EXERCISE 3 - Read the poem and briefly summarize the meaning of each stanza: EXERCISE 4 - Identify the figures of speech in the poem and say how they are used. EXERCISE 5 - Identify the poetry elements of the poem. EXERCISE 6 - Answer the figurative language questions. EXERCISE 7 - Answer the questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension (Part 1). EXERCISE 8 - Demonstrate the mastery of comprehension by answering given questions. Follow the rubrics. EXERCISE 9 - Answer the questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension (Part 2). EXERCISE 10 - Answer the questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension (Part 3). EXERCISE 11 - Select the best option that answers the question on comprehension (Part 1). EXERCISE 12 - Select the best option that answers the question on comprehension (Part 2). EXERCISE 13 - Select the best option that answers the question on comprehension (Part 3). EXERCISE 14 - Match the giantess tools with the verbs and the household tools they refer to in the poem. EXERCISE 15 - Tabulate the jobs assigned, relationships assured, tools provided, materials used and the payment offered to the seven girls in the poem.

A unit presentation on poetry comprehension for 6 sessions on teaching and learning of the poem, “Geography Lesson” by Brian Patten based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. This download includes: RUBRICS: Poem Comprehension Rubrics POEM: Geography Lesson by Brian Patten EXERCISE 1: Match the meanings (A-N) with the expressions (1-14) they refer to. EXERCISE 2: Find the meaning of certain expressions: words and phrases in the poem. EXERCISE 3: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the poem. EXERCISE 4: Read the poem and briefly summarize the meaning of each stanza: EXERCISE 5: Determine the central idea of the poem and analyse its development. EXERCISE 6: Identify the poet’s use of contrasting images to highlight the difference between the teacher’s reality and the places he longs to visit. EXERCISE 7: Answer the characterization questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension. EXERCISE 8: Identity what the poem says both explicitly and implicitly with inferences drawn from it. EXERCISE 9: Use the specified criteria to find poetry elements of the poem. EXERCISE 10: Analyse the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone. EXERCISE 11: Answer the questions to check your understanding of poetry elements. EXERCISE 12: Identify the figures of speech employed in the poem. EXERCISE 13: Answer the questions to check your understanding of the figures of speech used in the poem. EXERCISE 14: Determine the figurative meanings of the words and phrases in the poem. EXERCISE 15: Determine the connotative meanings of the words and phrases in the poem. EXERCISE 16: Use RTC to refer to the context, PEE technique to explain the figurative language used, provide an objective summary and make a critical appreciation of the poem. EXERCISE 17: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says. EXERCISE 18: Answer the questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension.

This compact review of Synecdoche and \metonymy for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Figurative Language. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement. After studying this information students will be able to: Define synecdoche and metonymy with examples. State the difference between synecdoche and metonymy. Examine the examples of synecdoche and metonymy to identify what reference they make. Interpret a given text and identify the examples of synecdoche and metonymy. Evaluate a text and explain how synecdoche and metonymy has impact on the reader. Use synecdoche to make my writing poetic and metonymy to express creatively and concisely. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Synecdoche Examples – Parts Representing Whole SN 3: Synecdoche Examples – Whole Representing Parts SN 4: Synecdoche Examples – Class Representing Whole SN 5: Synecdoche Examples – Material Representing Object SN 6: Metonymy Examples - Sentences SN 7: Forms of Synecdoche SN 8: Difference between Synecdoche and Metonymy SN 9: Examples of Synecdoche – Visuals SN 10: Examples of Metonymy - Visuals SN 11: Rubrics Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment